AOC's 2nd Grade Teacher Gave Her the Sweetest Pep Talk on Twitter, and AOC Just Had the Purest Response

“I only have a minute.
Sixty seconds in it.
Forced upon me, I did not choose it,
But I know that I must use it.
Give account if I abuse it.
Suffer, if I lose it.

Only a tiny little minute,
But eternity is in it."

- Dr. Benjamin E. Mays
(and recited by Elijah Cummings) 💜 https://t.co/ul9CE7NriV
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 12, 2020

You've got this.
Remember all those poems we recited together in 2nd grade?
It was prep for this moment.
You've got this.
💕
— mjacobs (@mjacobs324) August 12, 2020

Ms. Jacobs! Is that you?! 😭

Yes, I do remember the poems we recited in second grade! You prepared me perfectly for this moment.

Thank you for teaching me, encouraging my growth, and believing in me as a child 💜
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 12, 2020

Yes, yes!!!
It's me!
I'm here.
I've been here. (Trying to reach you for the past 2 years...)
You are my superhero!
I want to give you a hug when hugs are safe again.
Always always here for you.
xoxoxoxoxo
PS Sometime I can share the page you wrote in my end-of-year teacher book.
— mjacobs (@mjacobs324) August 12, 2020

I had just told my wife earlier that I couldn't find any good news today. The small things were being drowned out. Ty, I needed this. ❤️
— Foodstamps1971 (@FoodStamps1971) August 13, 2020

This was really the cute content I needed pic.twitter.com/2Cw4rLc7FZ
— Tony Toni Toné Morrison (@Kyla_Lacey) August 12, 2020

Wow, your 2nd grade teacher giving you encouragement is the coolest thing I've ever seen on Twitter.
— Roger Sullivan (@RogerSullivanNO) August 12, 2020

I just read this whole exchange (and poem) to my 5 year old, through tears.

Teachers. Leaders. Seeds planted. Poems.

I'm a wreck.
— Erica Manney 🗽 (@emanney) August 12, 2020

This is why we teachers do what we do. Almost worth having insomnia and crippling anxiety right now, in the middle of the night, to get to read this
— WendyfulLifeCA (@WendyfulLifeCA) August 13, 2020

This is the cutest exchange on the internet.
— Katy #SaveTheUSPS Otto (@exfkaty) August 13, 2020

Every thanks to Mr. Spalding, my own 4th & 5th grade teacher. Your enthusiasm for learning was infectious and I have carried with me that love for stories, for discovery ever since. I try to share that Spark with my own students.
— Brick Resistant Oakland (@caramida) August 13, 2020

I love this!! I have my favorite and the woman who impacted my life the most on FB. She is my Pre School then my Kindergarten Teacher. Teachers are amazing humans! Most are super human!
— Melissa Cornelius (@missymadd08) August 13, 2020

Ms. Jacobs, you make me remember my best teachers in Elementary school. Mrs. Urban, Mrs. Salinas, Mrs. Johansson. Teachers who pushed me to work hard and wouldn't let me coast even though I tested into the gifted program. They made me work harder. Thank you.
— Cynna Ael (@CynnaAel) August 13, 2020

Twitter Poetry for a Wednesday:

In another world
I danced with my class
Wrote poetry standing at our classroom window
Laughed at the silly teacher's drawings on the board.

Today, I sit petrified in front of a screen.
It's hard to dance alone.
All the unknowing is undoing me.
— mjacobs (@mjacobs324) August 12, 2020